The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-07-08
Masonic Sketches.
OMEGA COUNCIL, II. AND's. NJ

OME0A NONNtiit W. ~ ~ ~ W.
The original petitions for a Council o
Royal, Select and Super Excellent Masters
to be located at Littleton, were Chas. h
Griswold of Bradford (Vt) Council, No. II
then and now Clerk Of Courts at Haverhill
Samuel b. Page of Horace Chase Council
No. 4, of Concord, now a well known law
yer of Woodsville; Samuel =. Carbee, M
d., of Bradford (Vt.) Council, No. Ill, thel
and now of Haverhill; Geo. w. Barrett, o
PythagOrean Council, No. 0, LacOnia, late o
LittletOn; w. A. Haskins of Bradford (Vt
Council, No. II, then and now of LittletOn
Frank Simpson, of PythagOrean Council
No. 8, LacOnia, then well known railroad
man who has since removed to the far west
Geo. +. Savage, of Caledonia Council, No
ID, st. Johnsbury, VT, then and now O.
Lisbon, and Capt. Benz. Frank Wells, of al
Army Council which worked at Fort SlO
cum, near Washington, in 1854, then (1S7t
and now of Littleton.
The then NJ. p. Grand Master, Oliver p
Fisher, granted these companions dispen'
sation on the 18th of March, 1876 and des'
ignated w. A.. Haskins to be the first L. l.
Master, Samuel B. Page the first r. l.
Master, and b. F. Wells to be the first Ill.
Master. The Council was called OMEGA
and numbered9
Their first meeting was holden March Is,
1875, and large number of petitions for
membership and degrees were received. A
special convOcatiOn was called on April IL,
1875. The secretary notes the presence of
representatives of six different Councils, in
GLIDING Comp. Benz. Morrill, of Bangor
Council, Me-, Geo. f. Savage of Caledonia
Council, VT, and Comp. Edmund l.. Bry-
ant, of Adoniram Council, n. II. A char
ter was granted in due course.
At the annual cOnvOcatiOn of the Grand
Council, May Is, 1876, ''the dispensaton for
Omega Council petition for charter and
accompanying papers, were referred to the
committee on councils and correspondence"
The record states that the committee shave
examined the petition of Companions VIM.
A. Haskins, George w. Barrett, Chauncey
Frank Simpson, Samuel B. Page, Ezra b.
Mann, Nelson c. Farr, George f. Abbott
Cephas Bracket, Benjamin f. Wells
Charles b. Griswold and George f. Savage,
for a council to be located at LittletOn, and
to be called Omega Council Ga portion of
said companions having been working I'M
der a dispensation dated March 18th 1S76):
and we recommend that a charter be grant
ed to the above named companiOns-sa
council to be numbered 9. We recommend
that they be authorized to work under dis
pensation until the charter is issued. The
above was accepted and the recommended
tons adopted.
The Council was not regularly instituted,
however, till March 9, 1877. when ID. p. &.
M. Henry Colby, assisted by Comp. Har-
vey L. Currier as Grand Marshal. perform
ed that ceremony and installed the officers
elected under the charter.
The NJ. p. Grand Master A. }. Thomp-
son, in his address at the convOcation of |
May IA, 1877, says:
''In November signed the charter of
Omega Council. located at Littleton. In
January l received request from said |
Council to be instituted and have its officers
AS l could not at that time be
present for that purpose, l entrusted the
1uty to Comp. Henry Colby, your d. p. G.
NJ, which he performed on the ninth of
March last, with competent assistants, and
will undoubtedly report to you at this
netting
The report of the deputy referred to does
lot appear in the proceedings, but in let
er to Grand Recorder John A. Harris of
late March IL, 1877, he says: According to
arrangements, l invited Companion Thrice
llustriOus Harvey L. Currier of Adoniram
,Ouncil to assist me; he accepted and we
to LittletOn on the 9th and found
he companions present and jealous in the
ause, and then, after the usual prelmi-
aries provided, instituted and installed the
Ulcers as far as possible of Omega Coun-
ILL.,"
Work in the Council continued without
vents OF especial Importance until April
8, 1880, when, at the annual meeting it
vas voted to concur in proposition which
ad been some time pending for the re-
lOval of the council to Plymouth.
The last meeting of the Council at Little
on was held in January or the first part of
'ebruary, 1881, the exact date not being
iven in the record.
A special meeting was holden at .Ply-
mouth on the Sd of February, 1881, under
and the degrees were con- {
erred upon a large number of applicants {
+ Plymouth and vicinity.
The pilgrims who accompanied the par .
phi ernalia of the Council to Plymouth and ;
SISTED in the opening there were, c. H,
ireen, II. A. johnson, j. F. Tilton, G. w.
Barrett, Il. M. Fletcher, Geo. T. Cruft, G. ]
:. Abbott, E. d. Dunn and c. c. Smith.
The transfer was effected in harmony s
nd good will. The Council has ever since
ourished at the present location and time !
GEMS to justify the wisdom of the removal. !
The Council had but one recorder while
Ocated at Littleton. This was Comp Geo. {
V. Barrett and the record is almost entire
y his, prior to the removal to Plymouth
nd including the first assembly at that |
lace. There appear tohave been twenty
hree stated and special assemblies but of